New Empire at the End of Ming Dynasty

Now that Liu Bu has made a decision, Liu Yuanshan has nothing to hesitate. He said, "OK, I'll go to the capital to do it for you tomorrow."

Shandong has an advantage, that is, it is very close to the capital and connected by the Grand Canal. As long as they have a fast horse, they can reach the capital in three or four days.

Liu Bu said, "I hope to go with my uncle this time. My little nephew also wants to see the style of the capital."

Liu Yuanshan thought for a moment and said, "it's OK. It's time for you to go to the capital. If it's easy, you can go to the Ministry of war to go through the formalities together."

Liu Bu nodded. He knew that if general manager Qian took over, he would go to the Staff Department of the Ministry of war in Beijing for filing and handling procedures.

He should have reported to the Ministry of war when he was a thousand officials of Fushan Institute last time, but Liu Yuanshan stuffed him with silver and avoided this journey.

This time, Liu Bu is going to go to Beijing. He also has a sentence. He also wants to see what Beijing looks like at this time.

Now it's time for them to wipe out the giant peak thief and everything here tends to be calm.

And he also knew that Liu Zeqing was ready to attack them, but if the other party did, it was not a matter of saying it. They had to fry the things in Jimo County, and then they could take the opportunity to enter Laizhou Prefecture.

Otherwise, if they send troops directly like this, it is estimated that it will inevitably lead to disputes between the two governors.

Taking advantage of this gap, Liu Bu is ready to go to the capital to see, and he doesn't go to the capital to play. This time, he takes Mao Qiao with him.

Mao Qiao worked in the ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of industry of the capital. He knows many craftsmen here. According to him, the treatment of these craftsmen is very low. If thousands of adults are willing to accept these people, he can persuade at least 20 or 30 skilled craftsmen to come here to help him.

Among these craftsmen, some are good at making bird guns, some are good at making armor, and some are good at making weapons. But they can't even eat enough because they are bullied by the top in the capital. If Liu Bu is willing to take them in, let them come here as a whole.

This completely aroused Liu Bu's interest. Liu Bu knew that Daming's manufacturing technology was actually very high, that is, there were many highly skilled craftsmen in both the people and the government, but they were squeezed by these officials. They were not like adults, so they couldn't do anything.

If the weapons are made in the workshop of the military Bureau of the Ministry of industry, the quality is still quite high. It can be seen that these people's craftsmanship is still very good. Daming can copy even the red cannon, which shows that their craftsman reserve is extremely powerful.

However, the level of Daming is divided into four levels: scholar, farmer, industry and commerce. Of course, the first level is the official, then the farmer, then the craftsman, and finally the businessman.

In fact, after the emperor Chengzu, businessmen have jumped to the second place and steadily pressed the agricultural workers. Therefore, the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty do not hesitate to actually come to the last place. The most humble class in the whole social system, their skills are called strange skills and obscene skills, which are not valued.

Others don't attach importance to craftsmen, but Liu Bu attaches great importance to them. For example, he attaches importance to Mao Qiao this time, and as a result, he has obtained the divine arm crossbow, a weapon that is about to be lost. Moreover, they also killed the bandits in Jufeng mountain crying for their parents with the great killing weapon of the divine arm, and they were defeated. This is a big killing weapon, which is enough to raise the force of their army to a higher level.

Liu Bu knows one thing, that is, if he wants to do well, he must first sharpen his weapons, so now he wants to get more craftsmen to join their logistics department, and then set up a special department to make weapons and weapons for them.

Don't look at their floating hill. It seems that they are all powerful now. Even the giant peak thieves have let them kill them, but all their weapons are basically bought through bribery. They can only reluctantly build some long guns, bows and arrows, long knives, farm tools and so on. They can't build slightly more complex things.

For example, they can't make armor by themselves, and they can't make a little complex things, so their weapons workshop is in urgent need of talents.

In the future, how difficult it should be for you to go to a hostile country and buy off each other's scientists. You will lose your life every minute.

But it's very easy to listen to Mao Qiao's tone here. It's said that their craftsmen have no one to care about. As long as they deliver on time, no one will pay attention to you. They stay in the capital just because they have no other place to go. If there are other places willing to accept them and give them a place to settle down, it's estimated that they will go soon.

As for Liu Bu's idea, craftsmen like these should be monitored by the royal guards.

However, Mao Qiao directly told him: "since the 250 years of the Ming Dynasty, I have never heard that the royal guards will monitor craftsmen. How much can a smelly craftsman be worth? It is also worth sending the royal guards to monitor. Even the craftsmen and technicians they hired heavily from Portugal were free to go in and out and ignored."

This is the current situation of Daming. They despise and despise craftsmen extremely. Liu Bu thinks this is an opportunity given by God. So this time, he doesn't stop taking 10000 liang of silver, but takes a lot of silver into the capital to buy a large number of craftsmen. If he can get craftsmen who make fire guns and artillery, he will be developed, Even if you rob with a knife, you should rob the other party and tie him to Fushan.

So this time Liu Bu entered the capital through a special plan. He not only came by himself, but also brought more than 50 bodyguards and servants.

These soldiers were led by Liu Kang and Liu Yu. Mao Shengli, the leader of the archers, followed them into the capital to protect Liu bu. They will also protect the craftsmen they received.

Mao Qiao told him that if they operate well this time, it is estimated that 20 or 30 excellent craftsmen can join their production team of the weapons workshop, which will greatly strengthen their strength. Such an action deserves Liu Bu's attention.

And they don't go to the capital empty handed. Liu Yuanshan often goes back and forth between Shandong and the capital. He often transports goods to sell goods in the capital. Yes, you heard correctly. One of his commanding comrades of aoshanwei didn't stay in his Aoshan city. When he was an official, he defended his people, but often transports goods to the capital.

As a conductor, he spent much more time in business than he did in his position.

So this time is no exception. Liu Yuanshan pulled the cargo of ship n and drove directly to Dezhou through the canal, which means that he walked for seven or eight days instead of three or four days.

Liu Yuanshan said, "let's go to the capital for a long time. We can't go in vain. The most advantageous thing for business is to have a back and forth burden, so that we won't lose money."

Liu Bu was speechless. A senior officer actually did this kind of activity all day. If he took out so many thoughts and playfulness in doing business when he was an official, he would certainly do better.

However, he also knew that the time was not in a hurry, so he had to follow him. If there was no guide from Liu Yuanshan, it would still be inconvenient for them to go out alone.

Daming has a policy like that of later generations, that is, local people must not leave within a hundred miles. If you want to leave here, you must have a road guide issued by the government. If you don't have a road guide, you can't cross the barrier all the way.

Liu Bu himself had the right to give directions, but the problem was that he didn't want others to know his identity, and he had to keep a low profile, so he became one of Liu Yuanshan's servants and entered the capital with them.

They called twenty large ships, filled them with goods, and then headed for the capital.

Liu Bu was surprised to see so many large ships carrying goods and said, "are these ships rented? Is the rent expensive?"

Liu Yuanshan felt a little strange. He said, "what do you rent? Don't you see that these ships are all under the banner of the Liu family. These are our Liu family ships. We Liu family have one of the four major commercial fleets of the canal..."

Liu Bu didn't dare to speak. He knew a truth, that is, there are many mistakes. If he asked so many common sense mistakes again, others would see the flaws. He didn't dare to ask these questions any more. He just felt strange and let it rot in his stomach. Now he just understands that Liu Jiafu in Linqing is the richest in the world and deserves his reputation.

Their fleet sailed to the North under the name of the Liu family. They were comfortable all the way. They didn't ride a horse like they did last time back to Linqing. They almost knocked the whole person apart.

Liu Bu is a spoiled person in essence. If he walks like an ordinary person, he will die.

The Liu family fleet is heading north, and both sides of the canal are the best part of Daming, which has produced a famous canal culture in history.

There were many checkpoints along the canal, but under the banner of their Liu family, they were unimpeded all the way and directly entered Tongzhou. After all the food from the South was transported to TongZhou by water, they loaded the carriage again and took the land route to Chaoyang Gate. From this gate, they entered the inner City, and a ear of grain was engraved in the door.

Introduction to Liu Yuanshan: "The capital is the Forbidden City and the outer city. There are twenty gates, seven in the outer city, nine in the Forbidden City and four in the imperial city. There are strict regulations for cars and horses entering the inner city. Not any gate can enter. Xizhimen takes a waterwheel and draws water through Yuquan mountain every day. The gate is engraved with water ripples; Chaoyang Gate takes a grain cart, and the gate is engraved with a ear of grain; Fucheng gate Take the coal cart, the coal from Mentougou in West Beijing enters the inner city through the gate, and a plum blossom is engraved in the gate hole; take the brick cart at Dongzhimen gate, most of the brick kilns are outside the gate, and the timber cart also enters and exits through the gate; take the wine cart at Chongwen gate, and all the wine sellers pay taxes here; take the prison cart at Xuanwu Gate, and the vegetable market entrance is the execution ground. Outside the gate, three words are engraved in the gate hole: regret to retreat; when Desheng Gate sends troops, the military cart goes through this gate; and withdraw troops at anding gate At that time, military vehicles go through this door, and dung trucks also go through this door; at Zhengyang gate, dragon cars go through this door, and only emperor and royal vehicles go in and out. "